Apparatus and method for providing travel route in navigation system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing a travel route in a navigation system, the apparatus comprising:
- a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver configured to receive position data from a plurality of GPS satellites;
a storage unit configured to store map data and travel route information including a plurality of travel routes therein;
a display unit configured to display the stored map data and travel route on a screen thereof;
a key input unit configured to receive a variety of input key signals, and an origin and a destination therebetween;
a velocity and direction detection unit configured to detect a travel velocity and direction of a moving object;
a wireless communication unit configured to detect to receive traffic information with respect to an on-road;
a control unit configured to control storage of the travel route in the storage unit and to provide the stored travel route for a user for (1) determining whether or not a user inputs to the navigation an origin and a destination of a travel route for guidance of a moving object and (2) if it is determined that the navigation system is not in an input mode when a user inputs the origin and the destination, determining whether or not the navigation system is in a search mode wherein the user searches for a desired travel route, and (3) if it is determined that the navigation system is in a search mode, searching and selecting a desired travel route through a user activated hot key to display a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node;
a user activated hot key configured to (1) store a travel route having at least one of an origin node or a destination node, and (2) request a desired travel route; and
a display unit configured to display the at least one of stored map data, travel route data and hot key data on a screen thereof.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method provide a travel route in a navigation system. The apparatus includes: a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for receiving position data from a plurality of GPS satellites; a storage unit for storing map data and the travel route therein; a display unit for displaying the stored map data and travel route on a screen; a key input unit for receiving a variety of input key signals, and an origin and a destination therebetween; a velocity and direction detection unit for detecting a travel velocity and direction of travel of a moving object; a wireless communication unit for communicating to receive traffic information on an on-road; and a control unit for controlling each unit to store the travel route in the storage unit and to provide the stored travel route for a user.
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33 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing a travel route in a navigation system, the apparatus comprising:
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a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver configured to receive position data from a plurality of GPS satellites; a storage unit configured to store map data and travel route information including a plurality of travel routes therein; a display unit configured to display the stored map data and travel route on a screen thereof; a key input unit configured to receive a variety of input key signals, and an origin and a destination therebetween; a velocity and direction detection unit configured to detect a travel velocity and direction of a moving object; a wireless communication unit configured to detect to receive traffic information with respect to an on-road; a control unit configured to control storage of the travel route in the storage unit and to provide the stored travel route for a user for (1) determining whether or not a user inputs to the navigation an origin and a destination of a travel route for guidance of a moving object and (2) if it is determined that the navigation system is not in an input mode when a user inputs the origin and the destination, determining whether or not the navigation system is in a search mode wherein the user searches for a desired travel route, and (3) if it is determined that the navigation system is in a search mode, searching and selecting a desired travel route through a user activated hot key to display a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node; a user activated hot key configured to (1) store a travel route having at least one of an origin node or a destination node, and (2) request a desired travel route; and a display unit configured to display the at least one of stored map data, travel route data and hot key data on a screen thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing a travel route in a navigation system, comprising:
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(a) receiving an origin and a destination; (b) determining whether or not a travel route corresponding to the received origin and destination is identical with a travel route stored in a storage unit; (b-1) if it is determined that the corresponding travel route is identical with the stored travel route, reading the stored travel route from the storage unit to display the stored travel route on a screen; and (b-2) if the corresponding travel route is not identical with the stored traveling route, reading the corresponding travel route from map data of the storage unit to display the read travel route on a screen, or/and downloading the corresponding travel route from a traffic information center to display the downloaded travel route on a screen; (c) determining whether or not the moving object arrives at the received destination; (c-1) if it is determined that the moving object arrives at the received destination, inquiring of a user whether or not a current travel route would be stored; and (c-2) if the user elects to store the current travel route, storing the current travel route and its relation information, wherein the relation information comprises at least two of the origin, the destination, a hot key, and time; (d) using a of user activated hot keys to (1) store a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node; and
(2) request a desired travel route using the same hot key utilized to store the travel route;(e) displaying stored map data, travel route data and hot key stored travel routes on a screen thereof; and (f) controlling storage of the travel route in the storage unit and providing the stored travel route for a user for (1) determining whether or not a user inputs to the navigation an origin and a destination of a travel route for guidance of a moving object, (2) if it is determined that the navigation system is not in an input mode when a user inputs the origin and the destination, determining whether or not the navigation system is in a search mode wherein the user searches for a desired travel route, and (3) if it is determined that the navigation system is in a search mode, searching and selecting a desired travel route through a user activated hot key to display a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method for providing a travel route in a navigation system, the method comprising:
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(a) determining whether or not a user inputs to the navigation system an origin and a destination of a travel route for guidance of a moving object; (a-1) if it is determined that the navigation system is not in an input mode where the user inputs the origin and the destination, determining whether or not the navigation system is in a search mode where the user searches for a desired travel route; (a-2) if it is determined that the navigation system is in the search mode, searching and selecting the desired travel route through a user activated hot key to display a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node; and (a-3) displaying the selected traveling route on the screen to guide the moving object along the displayed travel route; (b) if it is determined that the user inputs the origin and the destination, recognizing a current position and a travel direction of the moving object on the basis of a GPS (Global Positioning System) signal to track the moving object along a travel trace, and searching for an optimal travel route from the origin to the destination; (c) displaying an optimal travel route on a screen to guide the moving object along the optimal travel route; (d) determining whether or not the moving object arrives at the destination and then, if it is determined that the moving object arrives at the destination, inquiring of the user whether or not a current travel route would be stored; and (e) if the user selects to store the current travel route, storing the current travel route in a predetermined area of a storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for storing a traveling route in a navigation system, comprising:
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using hot keys to store travel route information, wherein each one of a plurality of travel routes has an origin node and a destination node, and wherein each stored travel route has the same origin node; using a hot key utilized to store the travel route information to select a travel route from the plurality of travel routes with the same origin node and a different destination node; classifying a plurality of hot keys with a group of different destination nodes together as a group of hot keys; and wherein the method further comprises;
controlling storage of the travel route in a storage unit and providing the stored travel route for a user for(1) determining whether or not a user inputs to the navigation an origin and a destination of a travel route for guidance of a moving object, and (2) if it is determined that the navigation system is not in an input mode when a user inputs the origin and the destination, determining whether or not the navigation system is in a search mode wherein the user searches for a desired travel route, and (3) if it is determined that the navigation system is in a search mode, searching and selecting a desired travel route through a user activated hot key to display a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node.
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26. A method for storing a traveling route in a navigation system, comprising:
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using hot keys for storing travel route information, wherein each one of a plurality of travel routes has an origin node and a destination node, and wherein each stored travel route has the same destination node; using a hot key utilized to store the travel route information to select a travel route with the same destination node and different origin nodes; and classifying hot keys with a group of different origin nodes together as a group of hot keys. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method for storing a traveling route in a navigation system, comprising:
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using hot keys for storing travel route information as a group of travel routes, wherein each one of a plurality of travel routes has an origin node and a destination node, and wherein each stored travel route has a selected origin among different origin nodes and destination nodes; using a hot key utilized to store travel route information to select a travel route with the selected origin and destination nodes; classifying hot keys with the selected origin of the different origin nodes and destination nodes; and controlling storage of the travel route in a storage unit and providing the stored travel route for a user for (1) determining whether or not a user inputs to the navigation an origin and a destination of a travel route for guidance of a moving object, (2) if it is determined that the navigation system is not in an input mode when a user inputs the origin and the destination, determining whether or not the navigation system is in a search mode wherein the user searches for a desired travel route, and (3) if it is determined that the navigation system is in a search mode, searching and selecting a desired travel route through a user activated hot key to display a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. An apparatus for providing a travel route in a navigation system, the apparatus comprising:
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a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for receiving position data from a plurality of GPS satellites; a storage unit for storing map data and travel route information including a plurality of travel routes therein; a key input unit for receiving a variety of input key signals, and an origin and a destination therebetween; a velocity and direction detection unit for detecting a travel velocity and direction of a moving object; a wireless communication unit for communicating to receive traffic information with respect to an on-road; a control unit for controlling storage of the travel route in the storage unit and to provide the stored travel route for a user; a plurality of hot keys adapted to store and request a plurality of travel routes with the same destination node and different origin nodes, wherein the same hot key is adapted to store and request a specific travel route; and a display unit for displaying the stored map data, travel route data and hot key data on a screen thereof. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. An apparatus for providing a travel route in a navigation system, the apparatus comprising:
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a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver configured to receive position data from a plurality of GPS satellites; a storage unit configured to store map data and travel route information including a plurality of travel routes therein; a display unit configured to display the stored map data and travel route on a screen thereof; a key input unit configured to receive a variety of input key signals, and an origin and a destination therebetween; a velocity and direction detection unit configured to detect a travel velocity and direction of a moving object; a wireless communication unit configured to detect to receive traffic information with respect to an on-road; a control unit configured to control storage of the travel route in the storage unit and to provide the stored travel route for a user for (1) determining whether or not a user inputs to the navigation an origin and a destination of a travel route for guidance of a moving object and (2) if it is determined that the navigation system is not in an input mode when a user inputs the origin and the destination, determining whether or not the navigation system is in a search mode wherein the user searches for a desired travel route, and (3) if it is determined that the navigation system is in a search mode, searching and selecting a desired travel route through a user activated hot key to display a plurality of travel routes each having an origin node and a destination node; a specific single user activated hot key configured to both (1) store a travel route having at least one of an origin node or a destination node without handling any additional hot key, and (2) request a desired travel route without using any additional hot key; and a display unit configured to display the at least one of stored map data, travel route data or hot key data on a screen thereof.
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